I believe that we are happier if we are kind. I believe in all of us giving a part of ourselves without expectations. I think being intelligent is not good enough. I am crazy about people. I love reading to expand my mind and experience. I love playing chef. I am enamored by the art of entertainment. I paint in oils. I love Enya, Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, Edith Pilaf, Celine Dion playing in the background. My heart is filled with gratitude to be in the roles as mom, wife, daughter, aunt, niece, friend, and a psychiatrist serving individuals and families across life span. I don’t like anyone patronizing me or anybody else. For me, home, work and vacation are all equally joyful and fulfilling. I get a kick out of seeing families thrive. I met my husband while we were undergrads in medical school. We have two gorgeous boys. We live in downtown Chicago.

My aim has ALWAYS been to translate science to service. Now, I continue to work on perfecting the craft of helping people in every possible way I can. My work is not done. I love for you to join me.

Dr. Pavuluri’s Career Trajectory:

Mani Pavuluri, MD, is the Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Distinguished Fellow at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Fellow of Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists. She served as tenured Full Professor, Founding Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Program and was endowed the Berger-Colbeth Term Chair in Child Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Pavuluri completed her psychiatric training in NZ, Australia and USA, board certified in both General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is named as the Best Doctor, Top Doctor and Top Psychiatrist by her peers and consumers in USA for many years. She received the prestigious National prizes such as Klerman award for the best scientific discovery, AACAP Klingenstein prize for the best paper on mood disorders, and the University Scholar of the Year Award from the University of Illinois at Large. She won the Jay Hirsch Excellence in Teaching Award from UIC Child Psychiatry Fellows. Embracing diversity, she received the AACAP/NIDA Jeanne Spurlock Award for mentoring minority medical students consecutively for 17 years. She serves on editorial boards of international scientific journals. She has mentored many clinical and research faculty and their programs across the world and consults patients from 30+ states in USA who come to her in Chicago. Her scientific work is a trailblazer for how we understand brain circuitry function and medication effects on the brain function in mood disorders and ADHD through functional magnetic neuroimaging technology (fMRI). Her research has been funded by federal and leading private foundations. Dr. Pavuluri’s work is foremost among the cohort of studies mapping the brain functional model underscoring the interface of thinking and feeling brain circuits. She authored several books including the Hand book of Psychopharmacology across Life span and What Works for Bipolar Kids: Help and Hope for Parents. Now, she integrates her deep knowledge to care for her patients 24/7 as her calling, alleviating human suffering and participating in making the world a better place.     

Note: Credit for several images in this website goes to www.freeimages.com. The humble drawings inserted into the explanations on brain are the way I teach families on regular basis. I see the content as my thoughts combined with what I have learnt from countless masters over my life time, synthesized.Top of Form

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